Mobile health strategies for blood pressure self-management in urban populations with digital barriers: systematic review and meta-analyses.

ABSTRACT: Mobile health (mHealth) technologies improve hypertension outcomes, but it is unknown if this benefit applies to all populations. This review aimed to describe the impact of mHealth interventions on blood pressure outcomes in populations with disparities in digital health use. We conducted a systematic search to identify studies with systolic blood pressure (SBP) outcomes located in urban settings in high-income countries that included a digital health disparity population, defined as mean age ≥65 years; lower educational attainment (≥60% ≤high school education); and/or racial/ethnic minority (<50% non-Hispanic White for US studies). Interventions were categorized using an established self-management taxonomy. We conducted a narrative synthesis; among randomized clinical trials (RCTs) with

SUBMITTER: Khoong EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298448 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature